Combined fence-post and brace therefor



No. 6|4,l5l. Patented Nov. l5, I898.

F. L. WEBB. I GUMBINED' FENCE POST AND BRACE THEREFOR. (Applicationfiled Dec. 23, 1897.)

Wu Model.)

' 'NIT D STATES PATENT @FFIQE.

FREDERICK L. WEBB, OF ATTIOA, INDIANA.

COMBINED FENCE-POST AND BRACE THEREFOR;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 614,151, dated.November 15, 1898'; Application filed December 23, 1897. Serial No.663,199. (No model.)

T0 00% whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERIOKVL. WEBB, a citizen of the United States,residing at Attica, in the county of Fountain and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Fence- Postand Brace Therefor and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention; such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention has relation to certainnew and useful improvements infences, and more particularly to means for anchoring the fencepost in anadjusted position, and thus guarding against all lateral displacementthereof.

The object, therefore, of my invention is to provide means for reliablyholding the post in the soil, which I have accomplished at a cost of aminimum amount of material.

It will be seen from the following specification and the accompanyingdrawings that I e have produced an extremely simple device of thecharacter specified which may be quickly produced at a trifling cost andreadily applied by anyone to its operative position.

- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showingtwo posts, both of which are anchored in the soil and provided with theusual wires constituting the fence, one of said posts showing theapplication thereto of the anchoring device, while the other post showssaid device as being already adjusted in position. Fig. 2 is a top planview of the anchoring device. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the postdesigned to receive the anchoring device. Fig. 4: is another form ofanchoring device, while Fig. 5 illustrates a wooden post prepared toreceive the device shown in Fig. at. Fig. 6 illustrates another form ofanchoring device, wherein an additional rib or blade is integrallyformed with the body thereof.

In carrying out my'invention I prefer to employ what is commonly termeda section of structural iron, which is T-shaped in crosssection, thusproviding the body-section 1 and the rib-section 2, the former beingdesigned to be received by the recess 3, formed in the body 4 oftheanchoring device 5. The recess 3 communicates with the groove 6, thelatter being designed to receive the inner portion of the rib-section 2,and when the anchoring device has thus been mounted in position, asshown in Fig. 1, it practically forms a part of the post and cannot beremoved except by laboriously raising the same.

I prefer to make the web or rib 2 of the post of more than common widthin order that when the post is passed into the anchoring device the rib.will extend outward quite a distance beyond the anchor, and thereby allthe parts will be more firmly braced and strengthened. (See Fig. 1.)

It will be understood that, if deemed desirable, the lower edge of theanchoring device 5 may be sharpened in order to facilitate itsintroduction into the soil. For cheaper construction a wooden post maybe used in substitution for the metallic post, in which case I prefer toform a triangular rib-section 7, thus provided, being designed to bereceived by the correspondingly-shaped recess 9, provided in the body ofthe anchoring device 5.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a form of anchoring device in which the rib orblade 10 is preferably integrally formed with the body section and isdisposed at right angles thereto, thus providing at the expense of theuse of a very little more material a thoroughly reliable means forholding the post against casual displacement.

As illustrated in Fig. 1, the rib-section 2 extends sufficiently beyondthe recess 6 to provide seats or apertures 11 for receiving the usualwires 12, thus permitting free access to said parts for the purpose ofremoving and replacing the same.

While I have illustrated the preferred construction for the severalpartsof my improved post and anchoring device, it will, be

It will be observed that my anchor for the The operation or use of myinvention may be stated to be as follows: The posts are properly set inthe desired position, when the anchoring device is raised to the top ofthe post and the end of the latter caused to take into the recess 3,when said anchoring device is dropped downward to the surface of thesoil, into which it is forced by any suitable means, or a suitableexcavation may be previously made to receive it and the soil againrestored around it. By thus placing the anchoring device in the soil itis in a position to reliably perform its office of holding the postagainst lateral movement, and as it is formed of metal it will prove ofpermanent character.

Having thus fully described the construction and use of my invention,What I claim as FREDERICK L. \VEBB.

Witnesses:

J AMES MCOABE, JOHN H. MEssNER.

